HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019 Chris Shaw's Promotion to Major League Baseball Team Proclamation I .a EoWn of lexington, 41a!5,arbU5ett!5
arwa�r OFFICE OF SELECTMEN
PROCLAMATION
Whereas: Christopher"Chris"James Shaw, a 51 generation Lexingtonian, attended Fiske Elementary School, Diamond
Middle School and graduated from Lexington High School in 2012;and
Whereas: Chris developed a dedication to, and a love of, baseball at a young age playing for Lexington Little League,
including on the 2005 Bay State League Championship Team and was also selected to play on an Eastern
Massachusetts 12 year old All Star Team that competed in Cooperstown,NY;and
Whereas: Chris went on to play baseball at Lexington High School,earning several accolades, including being named a
4-year Middlesex League All-Star, a Boston Globe Newspaper All-Scholastic Athlete, a Boston Herald
Newspaper All-Scholastic Athlete, and was drafted in the 26' round of the 2011 Major League Baseball
(MLB)Draft by the New York Mets at 18 years old;and
Whereas: Chris went on to play baseball at Boston College making the All-ACC Team in his Sophomore and Junior
years and also played for the Chatham Anglers in the Cape Cod Summer League and was voted the top New
England Prospect. He was also voted to the Preseason All-America Team in 2015 and was drafted in the I"
round of the 2015 Major League Baseball(MLB)Draft by the San Francisco Giants;and
Whereas: Chris has been one of the San Francisco Giants top 4 prospects for the past 3 seasons and was called up to the
San Francisco Giants Major League Baseball team on August 31, 2018, and again on September 1, 2019, and
will have the opportunity to play Major League Baseball in the beloved Fenway Park in Boston,Massachusetts
versus the Boston Red Sox on September 17, 18 and 19,2019;and
Whereas: Chris was described by one of his former coaches as having the talent, the tools and the temperament to
succeed in Major League Baseball.
NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN of the Town of Lexington,Massachusetts,do hereby
recognize
Christopher James Shaw
and name Wednesday, September 18, 2019 as "Chris Shaw Day" in the Town of Lexington and encourage residents of all
ages to work hard and follow their dreams.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have set our hands and caused the seal of Lexington to be affixed herewith on the 9th
day of September.
DOUGLA M CENTE,CHAIRM N JOSEPH WfATOM'^
ASUZANNE6BARRY JILL I.
MARK D.SANDEEN